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Council Member Alarcon and www.NoAlcoholAds.org Move Closer to Reducing Underage Drinking in L.A. LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alcohol Justice joined with the Los Angeles Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property today to thank the L.A. City Public Safety Committee and its Chair Mitchell Englander for moving to create an ordinance to ban alcohol ads from L.A. city-owned or controlled property. The motion had been held-up in the committee since the summer...
The Coasters, which Come in a Variety of Materials and Designs, are Ideal for Event Promotions and Gifts LAWRENCE, Kan., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Love Custom Coasters, a company that specializes in offering a wide variety of high-quality and attractive custom coasters, has just opened for business. The newly-launched website is one of many micro-niche sites that will be created by LovePromos. While other companies that feature promotional products are more like...
BETHESDA, Md., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Graduation...Graduation is a time to celebrate. But before the party starts, take the time to talk with your graduates about alcohol -- it just may save a life. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130520/PH16605-INFO) It's About Your Teen...A teenager's brain is still developing and it is very sensitive to alcohol's effects on judgment and decision-making. Alcohol Can Be Tricky...If your graduates drink, they may temporarily...
Each year, millions of American teenagers look forward to proms and graduations; however, this poses a high-risk for binge drinking and increased drunk driving occurrences. Malibu, CA (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 According to USA today, car accidents are a leading cause of accidental death for teenagers, and approximately one in ten high school students admits to regularly drinking and driving. The findings also report that in 2010, one of five teen drivers involved in fatal crashes had the...
Experts at the Asheville Jung Center are planning a Webinar discussing new material that will be released in DSM-V including changes to the diagnosis and treatment of Substance Abuse. Asheville, NC (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 There are several changes regarding Substance Abuse in DSM-V. The Asheville Jung Center is hosting a global webinar on May 22nd, 2013 that will discuss the major changes in DSM-V including those that pertain to substance abuse. Instead of having the distinction between...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A hangover might not be the only unfriendly reminder of a weekend of heavy alcohol consumption, according to a new University of Missouri study that has linked binge drinking with an increased risk of liver disease as well as a number of other potential health issues. “In our research, we found that binge drinking has a profound effect on the liver in various modes of alcohol exposure,” Shivendra Shukla, corresponding author...
SOBA Recovery Center announces their new holistic drug and alcohol treatment options for those suffering from addiction. Malibu, CA (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 SOBA Recovery Center announces their new holistic drug and alcohol treatment options for those suffering from addiction. SOBA Recovery Center (SRC) over the course of ten years has helped thousands of addicts and alcoholics achieve sobriety through their dual diagnosis program. SRC is staffed by world-renowned experts in the field of...
The alcohol industry, including the major supermarkets ignored, misrepresented and undermined international evidence on effective alcohol control policies in an attempt to influence public health policy in Scotland to its advantage, according to UK experts writing in this week's PLOS Medicine. The experts, led by Jim McCambridge from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, analyzed the alcohol industry's input into the Scottish Government's 2008 Consultation on "Changing...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Binge drinking among young adults causes immediate changes in circulation that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life, according to new research published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. "Regular binge drinking is one of the most serious public health problems confronting our college campuses, and drinking on college campuses has become more pervasive and destructive,"...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ADial Pharmaceuticals, LLC ("ADial"), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has agreed to allow ADial to move forward with its plan to initiate Phase III trials of AD04 as a treatment for alcohol use disorder ("AUD") in certain targeted genotypes population only. Patients will initially be screened for the targeted genotypes and only those with one or more of the targeted genotypes will be enrolled in...
